                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COURSE OF PROCEEDING WHEN RELIEF ASKED OF THE GOVERNOR (§ 19.2-368)

Whenever application shall be made to the Governor by or on behalf of any person
desiring to be relieved, in whole or in part, of any such fine or penalty, the
petition, answer, certificate of facts, and opinion of the court provided for in
§§ 19.2-364, 19.2-365 and 19.2-366, duly authenticated by the clerk of the
court, shall accompany the application, which shall be in writing. In all cases
in which the Governor shall remit a fine or penalty he shall issue his order to
the clerk of the court by which such fine or penalty was imposed; or if such
fine or penalty was imposed by a court not of record, to the clerk of the
circuit court of the county or city in which the judge of such court not of
record holds office, and such court shall, at its next term, or immediately, if
then in session, cause such order to be spread upon the law order book of its
court; and the clerk of such court shall immediately, upon the receipt of such
order, mark the judgment for such fine or penalty, and costs, or so much thereof
as the person may have been relieved of, &#8220;remitted by the Governor,&#8221;
upon the Judgment Lien Docket of the court of the county or city in which it may
have been recorded. The Governor shall communicate to the General Assembly at
each session the particulars of every case of fine or penalty remitted, with his
reason for remitting the same.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-357; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.